Jon WorthMar 20, 2023

While I am aghast at what Musk has done to Twitter, it has had one upside: what an outright jerk Musk is, is now more widely understood

And that he behaves like a jerk can be a matter of life and death at his other company, Tesla - and they're now getting more scrutiny 👇 https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/how-elon-musk-knocked-tesla-s-full-self-driving-17848095.php

How Elon Musk knocked Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' off course

SAN FRANCISCO - Long before he became "Chief Twit" of Twitter, Elon Musk had a different...

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Show threadMartin Vermeer FCD
@jon Are you aware that he also has a company - wait for it - launching actual human beings into orbit?
Mar 20, 2023 at 9:45amWeb
Show threadJon WorthMar 20, 2023
@martinvermeer Right. But there those who get launched have a little more choice than an innocent pedestrian who might get mown down by an errant Tesla!
Show threadllewellyMar 20, 2023

@martinvermeer @jon
fortunately, space is mostly empty space; there's just not much to run into out there, so presumably things will be ok, as long as there isn't too much junk in low earth orbit, from, say, companies like starlink ...

... uh oh : )

Show threadJames AnnanMar 20, 2023
@martinvermeer @jon So long as he starts with himself I see little downside to this.
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCDMar 20, 2023
@jdannan @jon Targeting the billionaire market more generally meets with my approval too.